Question

surmount The story of how he surmounted poverty and crippling physical ailments to achieve what he achieved is almost unbelievable. sərˈmaʊnt

Accepted Answer

To rise above; overcome. Our verb mount, meaning “ascend, get up onto,” comes from the same Latin root as mountain, and we keep those images in mind when using surmount, since climbing up or over a mountain is a symbol of achievement. The word almost always refers to human effort, and almost always in a positive way; thus, we speak of surmounting difficulties, surmounting problems, surmounting hurdles, surmounting handicaps—you get the idea.

word	surmount
definition	To rise above; overcome.
eg_sentence	The story of how he surmounted poverty and crippling physical ailments to achieve what he achieved is almost unbelievable.
explanation	Our verb mount, meaning “ascend, get up onto,” comes from the same Latin root as mountain, and we keep those images in mind when using surmount, since climbing up or over a mountain is a symbol of achievement. The word almost always refers to human effort, and almost always in a positive way; thus, we speak of surmounting difficulties, surmounting problems, surmounting hurdles, surmounting handicaps—you get the idea.
IPA	sərˈmaʊnt

Surmounting Surmount Rise Overcome Story Surmounted Poverty Crippling